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China Dolls
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China Dolls

Jan 1, 1992
1h 31m
★ 4.6

Overview

Tong catches Chiu attempting to rape his wife May (Amy Yip). They scuffle and Tong shoots Chiu dead with Chiu's gun. They flee but Tong is killed in a shootout with police. May begs an officer to take her child, since if he is repatriated he'll have a horrible life. So, the infant son ends up in Hong Kong separated from his mother. Six years pass and May is a hotel maid then gets forced into prostitution. She longs to see her son, who is now a young boy, maybe to fully reunite with him.

Genres

Comedy
Crime
Drama

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Cast

Amy Yip Chi-Mei

May

Amy Yip Chi-Mei

Wu Ma

Lao

Wu Ma

Lee Yuet-Sin

Chau

Lee Yuet-Sin

Jack Suen Kwok-Ming

Tong

Jack Suen Kwok-Ming

Charlie Cho Cha-Lee

Charlie

Charlie Cho Cha-Lee

Lam Ching-Ying

Officer 19174

Lam Ching-Ying

John Wakefield

John Wakefield

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